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North West Pacific Islands
15th March 1915
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| Sc1 SG74 | Sc11 SG65 | xxx |
| Description | Date | Scott † | SG † | Mi | Y&T | |
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| Stamps of Australia overprinted | ||||||
| 2 pence grey | 1915 | 1 | 73 | |||
| other values 2½d to £1 | 1915-16 | 2-10 | 74-85 | |||
† This is a complex set of overprints with four slightly different dies in use. Scott [1] starts with a perf 12 set (Sc 1-10). In Gibbons [2] this is the second set (SG73-85). Gibbons first set (SG65-85) is perf 14¼x14 and the Scott equivalent is Sc11-22.
These stamps were used in the previously German territories of Nauru and German New Guinea after Australian troops had captured them in WW1. See Guinea disambiguation.